1Parse::EDID(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Parse::EDID(3)
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6 Parse::EDID - Extended display identification data (EDID) parser
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9 This module provides some function to parse Extended Display
10 Identification Data binary data structures.
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12 Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) is a metadata format for
13 display devices to describe their capabilities to a video source. The
14 data format is defined by a standard published by the Video Electronics
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18 parse_edid($raw_edid)
19 Parse the raw binary edid data, as a string, and return a corresponding
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22 check_parsed_edid($edid)
23 Check the data structure, and return an error message if anything is
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26 find_edid_in_string($string)
27 Extract raw binary edid data from another tool text output, such as
28 xrandr --prop.
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31 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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36 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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